Foods For Eyesight

Do You know the foods for eyesight improvement that are available to you at your local grocery store? Its true, the key to better vision should be in your own refrigerator.

What is the key? Foods that can improve your eyesight are those that are rich in certain vitamins, especially if there are dietary or mineral deficiencies, or if there is poor coordination of the eye muscles.

What foods can I eat to improve eyesight?

Many people could use more vitamins, zinc, and antioxidants, such as lutein, found in dark green vegetables.

A diet of natural, uncooked foods are best, such as fresh fruits including apples, grapes, peaches, cherries, and plums. Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, lettuce, cabbage and turnip tops as well as root vegetables as potatoes, turnips and onions, dairy foods and nuts should be included in your diet. Drinking plenty of filtered water daily also contributes to a healthy diet.

Outlined below are visual problems that can result from the deficiency of essential nutrients as well as the foods containing those nutrients.

Vitamin A is essential to maintain good eye health because it contains antioxidant beta carotene which maintains strong healthy eyes by aiding the transmission of light signals in the retinal cells. Vitamin A can be found in plants like carrots, cabbage, and lettuce. It can also be found in green and yellow vegetables, butter, eggs, fish liver oils, milk and sweet potatoes as well as melons, peaches, tomatoes, plums and red grapes. Deficiency of this vitamin can lead to night blindness.

Turkey, whole grains and avocado contain complex B vitamins. A deficiency in these vitamins can increase the risk of cataracts as well as retinopathy.

Salmon, Sardines, cod, mackerel, and tuna are an excellent source of DHA, which provides structural support to cell membranes, and is recommended for dry eyes, treatment for macular degeneration, and sight preservation.

Grains, such as flaxseed, are high in the beneficial Omega-3 fatty acids which help lower cholesterol and stabilize cell membranes.

Spinach, kale and green leafy vegetables are rich in carotenoids which protects the macula from sun damage.

Eggs are rich in cysteine, sulfur, lecithin, amino acids and lutein which protect the lens of the eye forming cataracts.

Garlic, onions and capers are also rich in sulfur, which is necessary for the production of glutathione, an important antioxidant for the lens of the eye which helps keep your lenses strong and resilient.

Soy is rich in protein and low in fat and contains essential fatty acids, phytoestrogens, vitamin E and natural anti-inflammatory agents. Olive oil and corn are also sources of vitamin E.

Yellow vegetables, such as carrots and squash, are important for daytime vision.